Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

For the Tigua of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, this has always been San Antonio's church. The Pueblo says its people stayed faithful to Saint Anthony, patron of Isleta Pueblo, the mother pueblo near present Albuquerque, through every change of name. Spaniards called the place Corpus Christi de los Tihuas, and it was also Sacramento de la Ysleta and San Antonio de la Ysleta. The mission is now dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, but San Antonio stands in a niche above the entrance, and his feast day on June 13 brings a morning Mass followed by traditional dancing.

What the plaque says

Corpus Christi de la Ysleta First mission and pueblo in Texas. Established by Don Antonio de Otermin and Fray Francisco Ayeta O.F.M. in 1682. Maintained by Franciscan missionaries for the civilizing and Christianizing of the Tigua Indians, Pueblo revolt refugees. 1936

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Ysleta Mission (Corpus Christi de la Ysleta del Sur) — steps away
  The Tigua mission church at Ysleta, rebuilt in 1908 around the walls, bell and Santo Entierro that came through fire, its interior painted with rain clouds and corn.
• Tigua Indian Cultural Center, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo — 0.8 mi
  The cultural center of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, the Tigua nation that has lived in the Mission Valley of El Paso since 1682 and keeps its own history here.
• Socorro Mission (Nuestra Senora de la Limpia Concepcion del Socorro) — 2.6 mi
  Socorro's adobe church on the El Paso Mission Trail, with walls five feet thick, carved vigas from an older church and a statue of Saint Michael said to have chosen the town.
• San Elizario Historic District — 8.0 mi
  A plaza of adobe buildings at the end of the El Paso Mission Trail: an 1877 chapel, Gregorio Garcia's portaled house and the old county jail of Billy the Kid legend.

More markers nearby

• Oldest Mission in Texas — steps away
• Alderete-Candelaria House — steps away
• San Antonio de Senecu — 1.5 mi
• Captain Frank Jones — 1.5 mi